Nectar scarab at Abercrombie, NSW
Identification history
| Phyllotocus macleayi | 28 Nov 2024 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Phyllotocus macleayi | 27 Nov 2024 | SarahEJ |
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The photo is of one that found its way in to my kitchen.
4 comments
AlisonMilton
wrote:
28 Nov 2024
@SarahEJ Hi Sarah, The photo hasn't come through. Could you please re-add. Thanks
SarahEJ
wrote:
28 Nov 2024
I took a photo of one that found its way into the house before I put it back out in the garden.
I will check the roses again today and see if I can get photos of them being active
I will check the roses again today and see if I can get photos of them being active
SarahEJ
wrote:
28 Nov 2024
They appear to be swarming in the Bathurst region at the moment.
Many people are commenting on them being in their gardens by the 100s.. and being attracted to anything white, especially washing on the clothes line that they are leaving dirty marks on.
Many people are commenting on them being in their gardens by the 100s.. and being attracted to anything white, especially washing on the clothes line that they are leaving dirty marks on.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
28 Nov 2024
They appear to be swarming everywhere. I remember going to school in Queensland they tended to land on anything light coloured. While there are thousands of them in Canberra at the moment, I haven't noticed them landing on clothes during the day as they did back in Queensland.
They are nectar scarabs so love flowers, but particularly light coloured ones. If you could get some more photos that would be great.
They are nectar scarabs so love flowers, but particularly light coloured ones. If you could get some more photos that would be great.
Location information
- Places Abercrombie, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- SarahEJ Recorded by
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Collections
SarahEJ Central West NSW NatureMapr Phyllotocus macleayi Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Roses Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Phyllotocus macleayi Scientific name
- Nectar scarab Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1396.63m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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